Our eclectic curriculum includes courses in writing, journalism, oral communications, fiction, poetry, Shakespeare, playwriting and more. You will be given the flexibility to explore your interests in drama, literature or writing and to tailor your course of study accordingly. Students interested in careers in law, education, commerce, communication, marketing, advertising, or public relations are encouraged to combine English with secondary interest courses.
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Develop your critical thinking skills and cultivate your creative expression. As a Saint Joseph College English major, you will grow as a reader, writer, and thinker. You will benefit
Enhance your ability to communicate on a multilingual level through the Saint Joseph College Foreign Language Program. The study of a foreign language will expand your cultural awareness and sharpen your communication skills, enabling you to compete on a global level. As a Spanish major or a French minor, you will benefit from:
Our program goes beyond the study of a language and incorporates the study of a culture. Whether you select Spanish, French or both, you will learn to speak, read, and write with conversational ease. Our curriculum recommends related courses in International Studies, Art History, Business, Political Science and Literature. For Spanish majors, the curriculum includes Advanced Conversation, Advanced Grammar and Composition, and a variety of courses dealing with the literature and civilization of Spain and Latin America, like The Golden Age of Spanish Literature and Spanish Civilization.
Saint Joseph College has a traditional minor in Spanish Language, and also offers
Various internships are available in the fields of public relations, corporate communications and the media. Students have interned at museums, theaters, newspapers, libraries, and television and radio stations throughout the Hartford area. Three recent placements demonstrate the range of opportunities available: working as an editorial assistant at The Hartford Courant; creating press releases and providing journalistic coverage of campus events in the College's own Office of Marketing and Communications; and working in the internal communications office at United Technologies Corporation, a Fortune 500 company.
Advertising
Copy Editor
Editor
Proofreader
Publisher
Research Analyst
Arts/Communications
Columnist
Newscaster
Program Director
Public Relations Director
Reporter
Script/Speech Writer
Business/Industry
Contracts and Permission Specialist
Corporate Communications Specialist
Insurance Agent/Underwriter
Interviewer
Marketing Trainee
Research Analyst
Education
Administrator
English as a Second Language (ESL)
Institutional Researcher
Professor
Teacher
Human Services
Developmental Specialist
Lawyer
Librarian
Non-profit AgencyWorker
Public Service Worke
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English is a popular subject at Connecticut College — in part because it offers you opportunities for experiencing the pleasures of the imagination, in part because the skills you gain by reading and writing about literature prepare you to participate in a community that is increasingly global in scope.
As an English major, you'll study literary works produced throughout the English-speaking world, from Britain to America, from the Caribbean to South Asia.
English majors work towards understanding the various modes in which the world gets represented, hone their ability to speak and write critically and imaginatively, and become familiar with a curriculum
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